More Americans than ever see North Korea as an immediate threat (with polls)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)

A new poll conducted by CNN and ORC International shows the
majority of Americans feel the situation with North Korea won't be solved
through diplomatic and economic means alone. Pollsters also said the number of
Americans who feel North Korea is an immediate threat is at an all-time
high.

Forty-six percent of those polled said they feel the matter
can be solved through diplomatic and economic means, compared to 51 percent who
feel it won't be solved through those alone.
The poll also showed a majority approved of a U.S. military response if North
Korea attacks the South.

According to the survey, 41 percent of Americans feel North
Korea is an immediate threat to the U.S. That's the same percentage of people
that think North Korea is a long-term threat to the U.S. Sixteen percent said
the country is not a threat to the U.S.